Aid workers go to Pakistan
AN INTERNATIONAL relief organisation based in the city has sent aid workers to Pakistan, where it estimates half a million people have been displaced.
Mercy Corps said it was responding to conflict between government forces and militants in the Northwest Frontier Province. Basics such as food, water and shelter are in high demand as tens of thousands flood into camps.
John Stephens, Mercy Corps' senior officer for South Asia, said: "Many people left their homes with virtually nothing and are now in urgent need of assistance."
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